House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said on Saturday that the committee is working to “get to the bottom” of the botched HealthCare.gov rollout. Upton said the committee met with four lead contractors of the HealthCare.gov Read more…

The House Energy and Commerce committee announced on Thursday that it will hold a full committee hearing on Oct. 24 to discuss the Affordable Care Act’s rocky rollout. The Obama Administration declined an invitation to attend the hearing. The committee Read more…

Legislation meant to prevent future nationwide health crises – the Research for Lifesaving Cures Act, H.J.Res.73 – was passed by members of Congress on Sunday. Introduced on Friday by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the bill provides immediate funding for the Read more…

The House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Drug Quality and Security Act, H.R. 3204, sponsored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), on Saturday. The legislation is meant to improve drug safety and aid in preventing a Read more…

House and Senate committee leaders overseeing health policy announced an agreement on Wednesday for legislation to ensure the safety of compounded drugs and the nation’s pharmaceutical supply chain. The Drug Quality and Security Act follows a bipartisan, bicameral effort to Read more…

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) recently unveiled a draft of bipartisan legislation to reform the approval process for energy infrastructure projects that cross the United States’ border. The North American Energy Read more…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Wednesday to continue its examination of innovation and regulation in the video marketplace. Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.) led the hearing, which was part of a Read more…

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) chaired an Energy and Commerce hearing on Tuesday to ask members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about its plans to resume its review of the Department of Energy’s license application for the Yucca Mountain repository. Shimkus, Read more…

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) announced on Wednesday that it is time for the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up a PCB contaminated site in Kalamazoo, Mich. “It’s time for this mess to be cleaned up,” Upton, the chairman of the Read more…

Leaders on House committees related to energy and tax purposes released a paper on Thursday that examined flaws in the existing Medicare program and described opportunities for reform. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Ways and Means Committee Read more…

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), in an editorial on Thursday, said that a newly-minted hydropower law is a key component of an “all-of-the-above” strategy that will help America eventually become energy independent. “America is in the midst of an energy renaissance,” Read more…

Senior committee leaders in the House are questioning the Federal Communications Commission’s timetable for installing positive train control antennas across the country. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 mandates that PTCs be installed by the end of 2015, but Read more…

The Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy John Shimkus (R-Ill.) recently led an exploratory hearing on the Energy Department’s strategy for storing and disposing of used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz Read more…

Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee made a request this month for information from the Federal Communications Commission pertaining to the Universal Service Fund. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman Read more…

Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who is leading a review of the Renewable Fuel Standard, recently selected four GOP members to lead a committee on RFS reform. Upton and Ranking Committee Member Henry Waxman Read more…

Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) identified potential weaknesses in the Affordable Care Act during a recent hearing of the Energy and Commerce Committee. “We have…heard about the law’s red tape that has stifled job creation and threatened Read more…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently approved the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, which would offer a permanent fix to the Medicare payment model used to reimburse doctors. The committee voted 51-0 to approve the bill that Read more…

Witnesses highlighted the critical importance of reducing regulatory and other non-tariff trade barriers at Wednesday’s hearing in front of the House’s Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-Neb.) led the hearing’s exploration of issues pertaining to the Read more…

The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology approved two legislative proposals on Thursday to improve the transparency, efficiency and accountability of the Federal Communications Commission. The two proposed bills, the FCC Process Reform Act and the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, Read more…

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) recently launched a national energy plan, Energy 2020, that he named after the year he said he believes America can be energy independent. Johnson said his energy policy is an all-American, all-of-the-above energy vision that puts Read more…

Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and other House Republicans are making a legislative push to repeal Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate and replace it with a new system of physician payments in the Medicare program. Burgess, a doctor, the vice chair of Read more…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently approved Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) proposed bill, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act. The proposed bill would require the Department of Commerce to perform a review in coordination with other agencies to Read more…

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) toured the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant on Friday and received assurances from plant officials that full corrective measures had been taken to allow the facility to restart operations. The plant was offline for 43 days after Read more…

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently cosponsored legislation to reduce the estimated incidents of unwanted and unreported sexual contact that occurs in the military. Upton said he wants to end the statistic that 62 percent of the women who reported assaults Read more…